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Augusta National Golf Club

Augusta, Georgia

Alister MacKenzie (with Bobby Jones)Amen Corner DramaMajor Championship Host

Cypress Point Club

Pebble Beach, California

Alister MacKenzie with Robert HunterOceanfront Dune RoutingU.S. Amateur Host

Pine Valley Golf Club

Pine Hill, New Jersey

George Arthur CrumpHells Half AcreUSGA Host

National Golf Links of America

Southampton, New York

Charles Blair MacdonaldTrue Template HolesU.S. Amateur Host

Crystal Downs Country Club

Frankfort, Michigan

MacKenzie & Maxwell Golden Age masterpiecePerfect green complexity score (100/100)Lake Michigan bluffs and duneland terrain

Merion Golf Club

Ardmore, Pennsylvania

Hugh Irvine WilsonWhite Faced BunkersMajor Championship Host

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Southampton, New York

Willie DavisWind Sculpted LinksMajor Championship Host

Pinehurst Resort (No. 2 Course)

Pinehurst, North Carolina

Donald RossTurtleback GreensMajor Championship Host

Seminole Golf Club

Juno Beach, Florida

Donald RossDune Ridge RoutingU.S. Top 100

Sand Hills Golf Club

Mullen, Nebraska

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawNative Sandhills DunesU.S. Top 100

Fishers Island Club

Fishers Island, New York

Seth Raynor (completed by Charles Banks)Raynor Template HolesU.S. Top 100

Southern Hills Country Club

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Perry Maxwell (original)Maxwell Sloping GreensMajor Championship Host

Oakmont Country Club

Oakmont, Pennsylvania

Henry C. Fownes (original)Church Pews BunkerMajor Championship Host

Sleepy Hollow Country Club

Scarborough, New York

C.B. Macdonald & Seth Raynor (1913Classic Template Holes

Friar's Head Golf Club

Riverhead, New York

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawDune Farmland TransitionsUSGA Host

Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course)

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Donald Ross (1918 original)Elevated Contoured GreensHistoric Major Host

Los Angeles Country Club

Los Angeles, California

George Thomas original, Gil Hanse restoration2023 U.S. Open host, barranca-threaded layoutTour-level conditioning (95/100) in the heart of LA

Sebonack Golf Club

Southampton, New York

Jack NicklausExpansive Naturalistic BunkeringMajor Championship Host

The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island

Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Pete Dye with Alice DyeWindswept Dune FairwaysMajor Championship Host

Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course)

Mamaroneck, New York

A.W. Tillinghast (1923)Bold Tillinghast BunkeringMajor Championship Host

Oak Hill Country Club - East

Rochester, New York

Donald Ross original, Andrew Green restorationHost to 5 U.S. Opens and 3 PGA ChampionshipsAllen Creek and cavernous bunkers throughout

Riviera Country Club

Pacific Palisades, California

George C. Thomas Jr. (original)Barranca Canyon Routing

The Lido

Nekoosa, Wisconsin

C.B. Macdonald (original concept)Template Hole RevivalUSGA Host

Yeamans Hall Club

Charleston, South Carolina

Seth Raynor (1925 original)Raynor Template HolesMajor Championship Host

Old Macdonald

Bandon, Oregon

Tom Doak & Jim UrbinaClassic Template HolesUSGA Host

The Camargo Club

Indian Hill, Ohio

Seth Raynor (original)Iconic Template HolesU.S. Top 100

Prairie Dunes Country Club

Hutchinson, Kansas

Perry Maxwell (original 9)Prairie Dunes LinksMajor Championship Host

The Country Club

Brookline, Massachusetts

Willie CampbellRugged New England TerrainMajor Championship Host

Chicago Golf Club

Wheaton, Illinois

Charles Blair Macdonald (original)Strategic Template HolesHistoric Major Host

Pasatiempo Golf Club

Santa Cruz, California

Alister MacKenzieBarranca Carry Holes

Whistling Straits (Straits Course)

Kohler, Wisconsin

Pete DyeMonstrous Bunker ChaosMajor Championship Host

Pacific Dunes at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort

Bandon, Oregon

Tom Doak (original)Ocean Bluff LinksU.S. Top 100

Boston Golf Club

Hingham, Massachusetts

Gil Hanse with Jim WagnerStone Wall StrategyU.S. Top 100

Streamsong Red

Bowling Green, Florida

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawExpansive Sandy Waste

Old Town Club

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Perry Maxwell (1939)Double Green Complex

Bandon Trails

Bandon, Oregon

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawDunes Forest MeadowsU.S. Top 100

Yale Golf Course

New Haven, Connecticut

Seth Raynor (originalMassive Template Greens

Shoreacres Golf Club

Lake Bluff, Illinois

Seth RaynorRaynor Template HolesUSGA Host

Streamsong Blue

Bowling Green, Florida

Tom Doak (Renaissance Golf Design)Ragged Dune WasteU.S. Top 100

Eastward Ho! Country Club

Chatham, Massachusetts

William Herbert Fowler (original)Glacial Links Terrain

Essex County Club

Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts

Donald Ross (1909–1917)Cross Bunker Strategy

Inverness Club

Toledo, Ohio

Donald Ross (1916-1919)Corridor Style RoutingMajor Championship Host

Scottsdale National Golf Club

Scottsdale, Arizona

Jay Morrish & Dick Bailey (originalMine Shaft Bunker

Ocean Forest Golf Club

St. Simons Island, Georgia

Rees Jones with Greg Muirhead (1995)Coastal Dune RoutingU.S. Amateur Host

TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course)

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Pete Dye (with Alice Dye)Island Green SeventeenU.S. Top 100

Piping Rock Club

Locust Valley, New York

C.B. Macdonald (original)Bold Template HolesMajor Championship Host

CapRock Ranch

Valentine, Nebraska

Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner (2021)Sandhills Canyon RoutingU.S. Top 100

Colorado Golf Club

Parker, Colorado

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawBarranca Bunker Strategy

Peachtree Golf Club

Brookhaven, Georgia

Robert Trent Jones Sr. with Bobby Jones (original)Dramatic Elevation ShiftsU.S. Top 100

Plantation Course at Kapalua

Kapalua, Hawaii

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawMassive Contoured Greens

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